Monday, May 19, 2008

Birth Day

Miss Emilia would like to introduce you all to her baby brother, Mister Jasper, who arrived last night at 9:16pm.

After very narrowly escaping being born at the side of the road.

Their bad mother, who is happy but nonetheless shell-shocked from what was - no exaggeration - a somewhat traumatic birth experience, needs to recover for a day or two before sharing that story. In the meantime, accept this photo and a weakly blown virtual kiss as both birth announcement and thank-you (for your amazing support during this crazy pregnancy) card.

Congrats!!! I've been looking and looking and hoping and hoping all that early labor was turning into the final labor. I'm sorry it was so traumatic (if you need someone to empathize, I had a C-section with no epidural) and I'm here for you. All of us bad mothas will surround you with love and care. He is absolutely beautiful and I so love seeing proud big sister, too. Thanks for sharing before you are even ready. xo

I'm another lurker sending congratulations to a lovely family. And just a couple weeks ago, I went to the Jasper Johns exhibit at the Met and exclaimed, "Jasper! What a great baby name! I never considered it before!" And since I have no plans to have children in the foreseeable future, I'm glad it's being put to good use.

Congratulations!And, just to let you know (like you give a s***), your cute little Jasper was born on my birthday, which I think is pretty cool... In any case, 18 May is a great day to be born...Congratulations again to you all!

Woot! Now I can stop checking on you every day, and you are no longer woefully pregnant (I don't know how to make that come out right, after I had my daughter, I was just SO. GLAD. TO. NOT. BE. PREGNANT. ANYMORE.)

I like the name. Not weird at all - don't see why your mom took issue with it. And who needs to be called something "for short"? His friends will give him a nickname sometime in life whether it is related to his name or not!

She really looks happy to have him! And both look adorable. It sounds like a read adventure - worthy of the rest of this nine month undertaking. Can't wait to hear the whole story in prose only you could generate!

BEAUTIFUL! Congratulations, and welcome to the world, Jasper-man. Wonderbaby looks so proud and happy. What a wonderful picture, and WONDERFUL ending to a not-so-wonderful pregnancy. Can't wait for the birth story.

Congratulations to you and Wonderbaby! and Happy Birthday to Sprout! (They both have adorable names by the way)

While I'm of course on pins and needles here to hear about how all this came about, I hope you'll take time to rest up when you can. I think it took me three days to get my birth story out. That's three days of just writing. He was probably over a week old by that time.

OOOH MY GOD!! They are BEAUTIFUL!! absolutely positively gorgeous, just like their mum! congratulations on FINALLY giving birth. Am SO SO happy, and wish I could fly across canada to give you a hug. lots and lots of love your way.

Congratulations! And I love their names. Jasper was what I wanted to use for our 2nd child -- till she turned out to be a girl. I hope you are getting some sleep and loving the expanded family dynamics.

Congratulations to all of you! I am so happy for you that Jasper has arrived and is healthy (and that the pregnancy is finally over for you!) The picture was precious and they are both beautiful. Wishing you much happiness.